Danger of Sleeping on your tummy while pregnant .
I have slept on my tummy all my life. If you see me sleeping on my back or side, I'm most likely NOT really asleep. I used to think it was impossible for me to sleep any other way.
So... I GOT PREGNANT.
First Trimester, I was still sleeping on my tummy. My husband would beg me to sleep on my side so that I won't press his baby's head. 🤣😅🤣
Second Trimester, I was still sleeping on my tummy.
A 6 months however, I started trying to sleep on my side. I would sleep on my side and wake up on my tummy.🫢
Third Trimester
At about 7 months, I started sleeping on my side with huge pillows in my front to prevent me from turning on my tummy while asleep.
One day, at about 29 weeks pregnant, I rolled over on my tummy. I woke up feeling a lot of movements. I called the hospital to book with my ObyGyn as a matter of emergency.
I got there and told my ObyGyn that I slept on my tummy and I think my baby is in distress because I pressed him all night.
This👇 is what my ObyGyn told me.
"While we advise pregnant women to sleep on the sides while pregnant, it is mainly because it is more comfortable for the pregnant woman. There's nothing that suggests that sleeping on one's tummy while pregnant hurts the baby. Nature has a tough protective shield for babies in the womb, so tough that it would take a huge force, much more than sleeping on your tummy to distort the baby's protective shields in the womb. So, try and sleep on your side. But, if you mistakenly sleep on your tummy, there's no cause for alarm. Your baby is fine."
Well, I trust her o, but I didn't believe. Because, as big as I am, how can she tell me that laying on my tummy in my third Trimester wouldn't hurt my baby?
Ladies and gentlemen, I tried, I tried o, but till the week I had my baby, I was still rolling over on my tummy while sleeping. Not deliberately.
Even though I didn't believe my doctor, she was right. All the tests showed my baby was fine, and I gave birth to a healthy full-term baby.
The reason I'm making this post is for those who are yet to be pregnant.
Before I got pregnant, I used to be scared that I might be that woman that pressed her unborn baby to death... because I can't just sleep any other way except on my tummy.
If you are like me, fear no more. As unbelievable as it might sound, no research or evidence suggests that a pregnant woman sleeping on her tummy hurts the baby at any stage of pregnancy.
The best position to sleep on while pregnant is your left side.
Second best position is your right.
The worst position is actually your back side. Because at the later stage of pregnancy, sleeping on your back puts lots of pressure on your organs and research suggests that it could be linked to increased rate of stillbirth.
NKECHI BIANZE
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